Parking won’t take place of demolished NAD Park cabin

The in basket: Karen Ebersole e-mailed Jan. 14 to say, “I
couldn’t help but wonder what the plans are for the space freed up
by the demolished cabin in NAD Park. Yesterday morning … I drove
through around 9 a.m., veering around cars lining the road on both
sides (must have been 40-plus vehicles) and dodging people
crossing the road in both directions. There was obviously a very
well-attended disc golf match under way. This is not the first time
this has happened, and I know the Scout Shop is often lacking for
parking.

“The article in the Sun this morning indicated they will use it
for open space,” Karen said. “I wonder if additional parking was
ever considered, as it is often a hazard to drive through there –
it tends to be a major thoroughfare.”

The out basket: No additional parking, though a recognized need,
isn’t imminent.

Wyn Birkenthal, head of Bremerton Parks, says, “The Parks
Department is working on plans to provide additional parking and
pedestrian crossing safety on Austin Drive at NAD. (But,) ideally,
additional parking wouldn’t come into the open space as far as the
old cabin footprint.

“Funding to design and pave a new lot and pedestrian crosswalk
is not available at this time and would have to be

procured through grants and\or community participation,” Wyn
said.

If, like me, you weren’t sure from the from the story and photo
about the demolition, which cabin was razed, it was an old
caretakers cabin by the restrooms, not the one the Scouts use.